A/RES/57/138 A-B 5. Further requests the administering Power to continue to recognize and respect the political rights and the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chamorro people of Guam, and to take all necessary measures to respond to the concerns of the territorial Government with regard to the question of immigration; 6. Requests the administering Power to cooperate in establishing programmes specifically intended to promote the sustainable development of economic activities and enterprises, noting the special role of the Chamorro people in the development of Guam; 7. Also requests the administering Power to continue to support appropriate measures by the territorial Government aimed at promoting growth in commercial fishing and agricultural and other viable activities; VII Montserrat Noting that elections to the Legislative Council were held in the Territory in 2001, resulting in the assumption of office by the New People’s Liberation Movement, Taking note with interest of the statements made and the information on the political and economic situation in Montserrat provided by the elected representative of the Territory to the Caribbean regional seminar, held at Havana from 23 to 25 May 2001, 14 Noting that the last visiting mission to the Territory was dispatched in 1982, Noting with concern the dire consequences of a volcanic eruption, which led to the evacuation of three quarters of the Territory’s population to safe areas of the island and to areas outside the Territory, in particular Antigua and Barbuda and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and which continues to have a negative impact upon the economy of the island, Welcoming the continued assistance provided to the Territory by States members of the Caribbean Community, in particular Antigua and Barbuda, which has offered safe refuge and access to educational and health facilities, as well as employment for thousands who have left the Territory, Noting the efforts of the administering Power and the Government of the Territory to meet the emergency situation caused by the volcanic eruption, including the implementation of a wide range of contingency measures for both the private and the public sectors in Montserrat, Noting also the coordinated response measures taken by the United Nations Development Programme and the assistance of the United Nations disaster management team, Noting with concern that a number of the inhabitants of the Territory continue to live in shelters because of volcanic activity, Welcoming the inclusion of the Territory by the United Nations Development Programme in its 2001–2003 subregional cooperation framework for the countries members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and Barbados, _______________ 14 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/56/23), chap. II, annex, para. 34. 13